International Affiliation of Writers Guilds
@iawg.bsky.social
Network of 14 Guilds from 12 countries representing film & TV writers. Collective bargaining. Credits. Unions. AI. Intellectual property.
Good news out of Australia this morning with the government standing firmly with the creative community against Anthropic and OpenAI. Congratulations to the Australian Writers Guild for their tireless advocacy. @404media.co @wired.com
PM Anthony Albanese Announces Office of AI
Industry bodies have welcomed Albanese's major speech on artificial intelligence, which put creator rights at the forefront.
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Comprehensive call for action by gov’t, regulators, broadcasters, funding agencies and tech co’s by the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC).
DGC Launches Manifesto Defending Human Creativity in the Age of AI
BANFF — The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) today unveiled the Manifesto on the Value of Human Creativity. This declaration calls on governments, tech
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“Access to culture must encompass access to careers in culture” — IAWG Chair @jenniferdavidson.bsky.social on limitations and exceptions @wipo.int Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights. #AI
On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org
“Access to culture must encompass access to careers in culture” — IAWG Chair @jenniferdavidson.bsky.social on limitations and exceptions @wipo.int Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights. #AI
A detailed, line-by-line critique of OpenAI’s objectives is laid out by @edwardongwesojr.com and @jathansadowski.com in this week’s episode of @thismachinekills.bsky.social 3/
453. Super “Intelligent” Industrial Policy
Podcast Episode · This Machine Kills · April 15 · 1h 41m
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds@iawg.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe “right to AI” is already popping up in global policy discussions. How about a “right of refusal” instead? 2/
The “right to AI” is already popping up in global policy discussions. How about a “right of refusal” instead? 2/
OpenAI’s New ‘Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age’ is a Policymercial
OpenAI has ultimately co-opted the idealism of public infrastructure while actively undermining concrete steps toward it, writes Eryk Salvaggio.
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds@iawg.bsky.social · 4mo agoAbout that OpenAI Industrial Policy … 1/
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Ed Newton-Rex@ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis new paper is the death knell for the tired argument that AI models don't memorise their training data. They do. This paper proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt. I wrote up the paper's findings here: dontstealthisblog.substack.com/p/large-lang...
It turns out when you try to serve slop on a product people pay for, no one wants it. www.404media.co/disneys-open...
Disney's Sora Disaster Shows AI Will Not Save Hollywood
It turns out when you try to serve slop on a product people pay for, no one wants it.
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Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 4mo agoBoth the Wall Street Journal and The Information confirming that OpenAI is killing Sora - both the app and *access to its video-generating model for developers*. This is a huge move that suggests things are a bit desperate www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open... www.theinformation.com/articles/ope...
Fantastic news in the UK today - the government has apparently ditched its plan to force creatives to 'opt out' if they don't want AI companies training on their life's work. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... 🧵 1/4
Time to add Agency to ART principles when discussing AI policy and culture. (Authorization, Remuneration, Transparency)
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 5mo agoNot to toot our own horns but I feel like we packed so much in this one hour panel with @karenhao.bsky.social and John Palfrey. You can find the recording at www.youtube.com/live/I1tJnM8...
AI-generated artwork is officially not eligible for copyright protection after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal. The court ruled that a work must have a human creator to qualify for copyright protection. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up the issue of whether art generated by artificial intelligence can be copyrighted under U.S. law, turning away a case involving a computer scienti...
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Limitations and exceptions were designed for libraries, archives & research institutions - not for commercial cos who are financially well able to pay for licences - if the creatives who own the work choose to allow it to be sold. If this U.K. government tactic happens it’s underwriting theft.
Ed Newton-Rex@ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 5mo ago🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4
We’ve been paying close attention to treaty language around limitations and exceptions at WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. This is what we’ve been concerned about.
Ed Newton-Rex@ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 5mo agoThere are rumours it is considering introducing a 'commercial research exception' for AI training. This would be disastrous. It would mean handing the life's work of British creatives to AI companies for free, to train their models on. 2/4
🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4
Starting to hear buzz about Valerie Veatch's @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social and want to where you can see it? They've got a form on their website to bring Ghost in the Machine to your university, club, festival, institution, or any other place with a screen + humans, virtual or IRL. notaidoc.com
Ghost in the Machine
Not AI | Ghost in the Machine - A Documentary by Valerie Veatch | Premiering at Sundance 2026
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An excellent resource for creative orgs and policy development/lobbying just dropped. #UNESCO #2005Convention unes.co/qpo6vh
Creators face projected global revenue losses of up to 24% by 2028
UNESCO has just launched the latest edition of its flagship report Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity, which analyses a rapidly evolving cultural landscape shaped by digital transformation, Artificial
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Screenwriters generate billions in the economic value of culture around the world. Letting AI companies build products by stealing their work without authorization threatens jobs, livelihoods, and long-standing protections. #StealingIsntInnovation
We're not anti-tech, we're anti-theft. If the future of “innovation” depends on stealing creators’ work without asking or paying, that’s not progress - it's stealing, and we shouldn’t accept it. #StealingIsntInnovation www.stealingisntinnovation.com/
Screenwriters generate billions in the economic value of culture around the world. Letting AI companies build products by stealing their work without authorization threatens jobs, livelihoods, and long-standing protections. #StealingIsntInnovation
Really useful resource here for Guilds and other civil society orgs engaging in consultations around AI.
Eryk Salvaggio@eryk.bsky.social · 8mo agoI’ve summed up and contextualized all of these critical AI pieces & more in one place — “From AGI to Workslop: What I Read About AI in 2025.” mail.cyberneticforests.com/what-i-read-...
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide. And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft. What does OpenAI offer the world?
Mar Hicks@histoftech.bsky.social · 9mo ago“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion” futurism.com/artificial-i...
Funding bodies and production tax incentives in several countries are already making “Made By Humans” a condition. 👏🏻
‘Pluribus’ Includes “Made By Humans” Disclaimer In Credits Amid AI Discourse
As artificial intelligence becomes less discernible and more prevalent, Vince Gilligan is setting an example about transparency with 'Pluribus'.
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In huge positive news, the Australian government just ruled out handing the work of their country’s creatives to AI companies for free 🙌 They resisted the well-funded tech lobby & shut down proposals to upend copyright law. Other governments should do the same! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“Artificial intelligence presents significant opportunities for Australia and our economy; however, it’s important that Australian creatives benefit from these opportunities too” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Labor rules out giving tech giants free rein to mine copyright content to train AI
Attorney general Michelle Rowland shuts down contentious proposal to grant copyright exemption for AI models
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